It’s Halloween night 1997. Corey (Toby Wallace)—our resident lamb in wolf’s clothing—meets up with his friends, headed by the alpha-bully, Jango (Justin Holborow), for one last night of skateboards, mischief, and girls. Reluctantly coerced into walking home with Jonah (Gulliver McGrath)—an underdeveloped misfit—Corey finds himself reminiscing about his childhood and contemplating his future. Sharing ghost stories as they make their…
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Colson Whitehead’s ‘Zone One’: Rebranding Survival in the Zombie Apocalypse
One year after the end of the world, the remains of humanity are banding back together and the era of reconstruction is about to begin. Rebranded as the American Phoenix (pheenies, for short), earth’s remaining survivors of the plague that brought on the zombie apocalypse are taking advantage of the lull in attacks and stitching together what’s left of society.…
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Motherhood and Grief: Domestic Horror in ‘The Babadook’
Amelia (Essie Davis) is a single mother traumatized by the loss of her husband in a car crash six years prior. Overworked, and overtired she struggles to care for her energetic and imaginative six-year-old son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman). When a mysterious and disturbing “children’s” book about Mister Babadook, a claw-handed humanoid creature in a top hat, suddenly appears on their…
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Thirty-One Horror Films to Watch This October
With October just around the corner and Halloween safely nestled at the end of it, I’m happy to reveal a project, weeks in the making and dear to depths of my blood-soaked heart. Yes, my friends, it’s finally that time of year again when everyone’s a horror fan, and in honor of this very special season, I’m delighted to present…
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Motherhood Flawed and the Destabilization of the Suburban Myth: Celeste Ng’s ‘Little Fires Everywhere’
Clad in a thin robe and her son’s sneakers, Elena Richardson stands on the lawn watching as every remnant of her perfectly planned life turns to ash. Her three children contemplatively observe as firemen extinguish the charred remains of their childhood home. Arranged in neat row on the hood of a car, they are acutely aware of the problematic fact…
